2008–09 LEN Euroleague
# 2008–09 LEN Euroleague

The LEN Euroleague 2008–09 was the 46th edition of Europe's premier club water polo competition.

## 1st qualification round

### Group A (Košice)

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | ASD CN Posillipo Napoli | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 80 | 38 | +42 | 12 |
| 2 | Spartak Volgograd | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 74 | 37 | +37 | 12 |
| 3 | Dinamo București | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 66 | 39 | +27 | 10 |
| 4 | ČH Hornets Košice | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 68 | 48 | +20 | 7 |
| 5 | WC Tirol Innsbruck | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 28 | 89 | −61 | 3 |
| 6 | Arkonia Szczecin | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 27 | 92 | −65 | 0 |

### Group B (Porto)

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Panionios GSS Athens | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 78 | 29 | +49 | 16 |
| 2 | CSM Leonardo Oradea | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 78 | 31 | +47 | 14 |
| 3 | PSV-BA Eindhoven | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 85 | 44 | +41 | 13 |
| 4 | Olympique GC Nice Natation | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 62 | 39 | +23 | 9 |
| 5 | BMK Kharkiv Ukraine | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 37 | 46 | −9 | 6 |
| 6 | SC Salgueiros Porto | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 25 | 97 | −72 | 3 |
| 7 | SWPC West London Penguins | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 27 | 106 | −79 | 0 |

### Group C (Koper)

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Budapest Honvéd | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 28 | +40 | 15 |
| 2 | VK Budvanska Rijiveka | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 76 | 31 | +45 | 12 |
| 3 | WF Spandau 04 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 42 | 41 | +1 | 9 |
| 4 | AŠD Koper Rokava | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 41 | 56 | −15 | 6 |
| 5 | Widex GZC Donk Gouda | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 41 | 65 | −24 | 3 |
| 6 | Rotherham Metro | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 35 | 82 | −47 | 0 |

### Group D (Šibenik)

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | VK Šibenik NCP | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 28 | +50 | 15 |
| 2 | Cercle des Nageurs de Marseille | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 75 | 30 | +45 | 12 |
| 3 | ASC Duisburg eV | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 67 | 41 | +26 | 9 |
| 4 | Illichivets Mariupol | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 48 | 48 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | Łódźi STW | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 40 | 76 | −36 | 3 |
| 6 | Portinado | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 101 | −85 | 0 |

## 2nd qualification round

### Group E (Marseille)

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Cercle des Nageurs de Marseille | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 11 | +29 | 13 |
| 2 | Brixia Leonessa Nuoto | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 57 | 41 | +16 | 12 |
| 3 | Panionios GSS | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 48 | 45 | +3 | 7 |
| 4 | VK Vojvodina Novi Sad | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 40 | 40 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | AŠDV Koper Rokava | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 48 | 63 | −15 | 4 |
| 6 | Dinamo București | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 46 | 61 | −15 | 1 |

### Group F (Herceg Novi)

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | PVK Jadran CKB Herceg Novi | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 75 | 30 | +45 | 13 |
| 2 | Spartak Volgograd | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 61 | 30 | +31 | 12 |
| 3 | Budapest Honvéd | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 67 | 38 | +29 | 9 |
| 4 | PSV Eindhoven | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 60 | −31 | 6 |
| 5 | Ethnikos Piraeus OFPF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 67 | −38 | 4 |
| 6 | Illichivets Mariupol | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 26 | 62 | −36 | 0 |

### Group G (Duisburg)

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | VK Jug Dubrovnik | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 34 | +44 | 15 |
| 2 | PVK Budvanska Rivijera | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 66 | 51 | +15 | 12 |
| 3 | Sintez Kazan | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 52 | 51 | +1 | 7 |
| 4 | ASD CN Posillipo Napoli | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 62 | 65 | −3 | 5 |
| 5 | ASC Duisburg | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 56 | 65 | −9 | 4 |
| 6 | Olympique GC Nice Natation | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 32 | 80 | −48 | 0 |

### Group H (Eger)

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | VK Šibenik NCP | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 32 | +16 | 15 |
| 2 | ZF Eger | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 46 | 32 | +14 | 10 |
| 3 | CS Leonardo Oradea | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 37 | 39 | −2 | 5 |
| 4 | CN Barcelona | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 33 | −4 | 5 |
| 5 | WS Spandau 04 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 40 | 38 | +2 | 4 |
| 6 | ČH Hornets Košice | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 48 | −26 | 3 |

## Preliminary round

Key to colors in group tables :

* Group winners and runners-up advanced to the Quarter-finals

### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pro Recco | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 67 | 48 | +19 | 12 |
| Jug Dubrovnik | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 64 | 43 | +21 | 10 |
| Spartak Volgograd | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 43 | 62 | −19 | 9 |
| Šturm 2002 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 42 | 63 | −21 | 4 |

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jadran Herceg Novi | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 62 | 53 | +9 | 11 |
| HAVK Mladost | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 44 | 49 | −5 | 9 |
| Budva | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 53 | 55 | −2 | 7 |
| Atlètic-Barceloneta | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 52 | 54 | −2 | 5 |

### Group C

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Olympiacos | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 61 | 45 | +16 | 16 |
| Primorac Kotor | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 73 | 47 | +26 | 12 |
| Šibenik | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 48 | 65 | −17 | 7 |
| Brixia Leonessa | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 46 | 71 | −25 | 0 |

### Group D

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Partizan | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 72 | 49 | +23 | 16 |
| Vasas | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 60 | 46 | +14 | 12 |
| Eger | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 51 | 56 | −5 | 3 |
| Marseille | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 49 | 81 | −32 | 2 |

## Knockout stage

### Quarter-finals

The first legs were played on 4 April, and the second legs were played on 22 April 2009.

| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Olympiacos | 14–16 | HAVK Mladost | 8–5 | 6–11 |
| Partizan | 18–20 | Jug Dubrovnik | 11–9 | 7–11 |
| Primorac Kotor | 21–20 | Jadran Herceg Novi | 12–12 | 9–8 |
| Vasas | 18–20 | Pro Recco | 8–11 | 10–9 |

## Final Four

* 2008–09 LEN Euroleague Champions
* Primorac Kotor 1st Cup
